Vysvobození
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Psychologická detektivka americké autorky, která své příběhy ráda zasazuje do ryze anglického prostředí.
Inspektor Lynley Série
Série sleduje detektiva Thomase Lynleyho a jeho partnerku Barbaru Haversovou, kteří spolu řeší složité a psychologicky náročné zločiny. Jejich různé přístupy k vyšetřování vytvářejí napětí, které je základem jejich vztahu. Knihy se zabývají otázkami třídy, identity a morálky ve viktoriánské Británii. Každý případ je pro ně nejen profesionální výzvou, ale také osobní zkouškou.
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Well-schooled in Murder
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Author's style compared to P. D. James and Ruth Rendell.
Autorka se vydává po stopách zločinu z vášně a dává také nahlédnout do životních osudů policejního inspektora Thomase Lynleyho, znalce v oboru soudních věd Simona Allcourt-St.Jamese a lady Heleny Clydeové. Hrabě z Ashertonu přivede do svého rodného domu mladou ženu, kterou by rád učinil svou manželkou. Surová vražda místního novináře se však stane katalyzátorem tragického sledu událostí a vtáhne Lynsleyho a St.Jamese do případu…
Detektivní román z univerzitního prostředí líčí pozadí vraždy hluchoněmé studentky. Složité rodinné problémy, žárlivost a spletité vzájemné vztahy doženou pachatele k činu, po kterém vzápětí následuje druhá vražda. Úkolem vyšetřovatele je rozmotat klubko utajených příkoří, rafinované pomsty a bezohledného sobectví v prostředí, kde se přísně posuzuje morální bezúhonost a kde kariéra jednotlivce závisí i na zdánlivých malichernostech.
The power of parental love, a power which overrides all other considerations, all other loves and loyalties, but which can end in tragedy._
Playing for the Ashes
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"The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I'm the one who's answerable for his death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn't forgive." In her astonishing "New York Times" bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession. "Playing for the Ashes" is a rich tale of passion, murder and love in which Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers once again find themselves embroiled in a case where nothing--and no one--is really what it seems. Intense, suspenseful and brilliantly written, "Playing for the Ashes" will make readers "search out the sleuthing pair's first six adventures...a treasure," as "Cosmopolitan" predicted in their review. "From the Paperback edition."
In the Presence of the Enemy
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Dennis Luxford has made a career out of exposing scandal, and when he is offered another government sleaze story, his hesitation seems inexplicable. But at the heart of the scoop lies the kidnapping of his daughter. Inspector Lynley and Dectective Sergeant Havers are called in.
Dvojí tvář
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Detektivní příběh z prostředí pákistánské menšiny žijící v Anglii. Hlavní hrdinka seržantka Barbara Haversová chce pomoci svému známému, pákistánskému profesorovi Azharovi, který se zaplete do vyšetřování vraždy. Barbara se snaží orientovat ve zvycích pákistánské komunity, pochopit jejich složité vztahy. Za spolupracovnici při vyšetřování dostává ambiciózní nadřízenou Emily, kterou obdivuje. V průběhu vyšetřování však poznává její pravou tvář bezcharakterní kariéristky. Případ, který se jeví jako vyřizování účtů pašeráků drog, dostává nečekané rozuzlení a vyúsťuje v rodinnou tragedii vyplývající z pákistánských rodinných tradic.
Na stopě pravého viníka
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Obsáhlý detektivní román se zabývá vraždou dvou mladých lidí, nalezených na odlehlém místě anglického vřesoviště. Nicolu Maidenovou hledají již několik dní její rodiče i snoubenec, když je náhodně nalezena zavražděna v divokých opuštěných místech kraje. Spolu s ní i neznámý mladý muž. Detektiv Lynley a jeho kolegyně pátrají po příčinách jejich smrti. Autorka přichází s věrohodnými motivy u všech podezřelých a současně popisuje osobní život svých obdivuhodných hrdinů s podmanivou směsicí chytrosti, lehkosti a drzosti. Čím více temných tajemství Lynley a Haversová odhalují, tím je jim jasnější, že oběti ani podzřelí nejsou těmi, kým se zdáli být.
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley risks his career when he discovers that a recent murder victim had been tied to an old homicide investigation that could involve his superior, Superintendent Malcolm Webberly.
A Place of Hiding
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Millionaire Guy Brouard has made his home on Guernsey and acted as patron and benefactor to many of the islanders. So his murder comes as a shock - and puts many of their schemes in jeopardy. The young woman arrested for the crime is China River, a Californian photographer who was only on Guernsey in the first place as a favour to her brother, Cherokee. In shock at this turn of events, Cherokee seeks help from his only UK contact - Deborah St James, a long-standing friend of his sister. Dealing with personal issues in her marriage and her career, Deborah rushes impulsively to the island to address this miscarriage of justice, accompanied - albeit reluctantly - by her husband, Simon, whose skills as a forensic pathologist and whose connections with Scotland Yard, will prove useful. As the couple penetrate the close-knit Guernsey community in order to solve the crime, they discover it has its roots in the island's history of Nazi Occupation. They also discover things about themselves, and their own relationship, along the way.
When an adolescent boy's mutilated body is found, it doesn't take long for the police to realize that this is the work of a serial killer.
What Came Before He Shot Her
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The shocking conclusion of Elizabeth George's previous bestseller, WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS, saw the wife of New Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley gunned down in the street outside her home. Under arrest for the crime is a twelve-year-old boy, Joel Campbell. What possible motive could he have? What chain of events could have led such a child from the housing estates of North Kensington to the elegant streets of Belgravia with such deadly intent? The answer to these questions is a complex mixture of fate and circumstance. Abandoned (albeit involuntarily) by his parents, Joel and two siblings are dumped on the doorstep of his aunt's house. Kendra, childless and with two marriages behind her, is doing her best to turn her life around; responsibility for three troubled children is not what she had in mind. Drugs, neglect, violence and poverty are commonplace in North Kensington. Joel does his best to look out for his family, but that involves a Faustian pact. And the Devil will have his pay.
In her most eagerly anticipated novel yet, Elizabeth George brings back Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley to investigate a ruthless crime. After the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley retreated to Cornwall, where he has spent six solitary weeks hiking the bleak and rugged coastline. But no matter how far he walks, no matter how exhausting his days, the painful memories of Helen's death do not diminish. On the forty-third day of his walk, at the base of a cliff, Lynley discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death. The closest town, better known for its tourists and its surfing than its intrigue, seems an unlikely place for murder. However, it soon becomes apparent that a clever killer is indeed at work, and this time Lynley is not a detective but a witness and possibly a suspect. The head of the vastly understaffed local police department needs Lynley's help, though, especially when it comes to the mysterious, secretive woman whose cottage lies not far from where the body was discovered. But can Lynley let go of the past long enough to solve a most devious and carefully planned crime?
DI Thomas Lynley is still on compassionate leave after the murder of his wife. The discovery of a body in a Stoke Newington cemetery offers Isabelle Ardery, his temporary replacement at the Met, the chance to make her mark with a high profile murder investigation. Persuading Lynley back to work seems the best way to guarantee a result: Lynley's team is fiercely loyal to him and Isabelle needs them - and especially Barbara Havers - on side. The Met is twitchy: a series of PR disasters has undermined its confidence. Isabelle knows that she'll be operating under the unforgiving scrutiny of the media, so is quick - perhaps too quick - to pin the murder on a convenient suspect. The murder trail leads Lynley and Havers to the New Forest, and the eventual resolution of the case. Its roots are in a long-ago act of violence that has poisoned subsequent generations and its outcome is both tragic and shocking.
Believing the Lie
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Detective Inspector Lynley is approached by business magnate Bernard Fairclough for a confidential review - not a formal investigation - of the circumstances of his nephew's demise. The coroner's verdict is accidental death. Recovering from the murder of his wife, Lynley has personal reasons for welcoming a spell away from London. He heads to the wild beauty of the Lake District, with Deborah and Simon St James to provide cover for his inquiries. Barbara Havers, back at base, makes her own unique contribution to the case, distracted only by Isabelle's ambitions to improve her Detective Sergeant's appearance. When he comes to know the various members of the extended Fairclough dynasty, Lynley finds many possible motives for murder, and uncovers layers of deceit and betrayal that expose the lies at the heart of the Cumbrian community.
When Hadiyyah Upman disappears from London in the company of her mother, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is as devastated as the girl's father. They are her close friends as well as neighbours, but since the child is with her mother, nothing can be done. Five months later, Hadiyyah is kidnapped from an open air market in Lucca, Italy, and this triggers an investigation in the full glare of the media spotlight. Barbara's clever manipulation of the worst of London's tabloids forces New Scotland Yard to become involved. But rather than Barbara herself, her superior officer DI Thomas Lynley is assigned to handle a situation made delicate by racial issues, language difficulties, and the determination of an Italian magistrate to arrest and convict someone - anyone - for the crime.
A Banquet of Consequences
- 784 stránek
- 28 hodin čtení
The unspoken secrets and buried lies of one family rise to the surface in Eizabeth George's newest novel of crime, passion and tragic history. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit. The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind who will have to deal with its unintended consequences - could there be a link between the young man's leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in Cambridge? After various issues with her department, Barbara Havers is desperate to redeem herself. So when a past encounter gives her a connection to the unsolved Cambridge murder, Barbara begs Thomas Lynley to let her pursue the crime, knowing one mistake could mean the end of her career. Full of shocks, intensity, and suspense from the first page to the last, A Banquet of Consequences reveals both Lynley and Havers under mounting pressure to solve a case that is equally compelling and complicated.
The Punishment She Deserves
- 608 stránek
- 22 hodin čtení
When a Member of Parliament comes to New Scotland Yard demanding an investigation into a suicide, the Assistant Commissioner sees an opportunity to get rid of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, whose career has been hanging by a thread for some time. Barbara is sent to the beautiful town of Ludlow to review the case, under the cold eye of Detective Chief Superintendent Isabelle Ardery, who more than shares the Commissioner's view of her. But Ardery has problems of her own and in her haste to return to London, she overlooks certain uncomfortable facts. So, soon the case is reopened, and this time it is Detective Inspector lynley who must accompany Havers to Ludlow, with little more than a week to save the Met's reputation and Barbara's job. And the more they investigate, the more it looks as if the suicide was part of a much more sinister pattern of events.
Elizabeth George delivers another intelligent, intricate mystery - New York TimesAward-winning author Elizabeth George delivers another masterpiece of suspense in her Inspector Lynley series.
Související knihy
A collection of five stories of human weakness and psychological suspense includes one tale that features a cameo appearance by a young Inspector Thomas Lynley.
